WNCC offering volleyball camps this summer

First-year Western Nebraska Community College volleyball Giovana Melo will conduct four volleyball camps this summer.

The volleyball camp sessions begin June 23-24 with a team camp for varsity and junior varsity teams, followed by specialty camps. The first specialty camp is an Individual Skills Camp June 30 and July 1 for girls in grades 5th through 8th. A Setter/Hitter Camp will follow for girls in 11th and 12th grade on July 7-8, followed by a Skills Camp for girls in grades 9th – 12th on July 9-10.

The purposes of the camps are to help the area volleyball players fine tune their volleyball skills. The Setter/Hitter Camp will be an intense camp with a lot of reps and one-on-one instruction. Hitters need to be physically prepared for heavy use of shoulders and legs. The Individual Skills Camps will give the campers an opportunity to develop and fine tune the fundamental skills of serving, blocking, hitting, passing, setting and defense.

The camps will be conducted by Melo, who was hired as Cougar volleyball coach in May. Melo is no stranger to WNCC volleyball, having played for the Cougars in the 2001 and 2002 seasons and leading them to the national tournament. While a member of the Cougar squad, she earned second team NJCAA All-American honors her freshman year and first team All-American honors her sophomore year.

After WNCC, Melo went on to star at Arizona State University, where she played two seasons, where she earned PAC-10 All-Academic honors in 2005. She has been a graduate assistant and assistant coach at ASU the past two years.

For more information on the volleyball camp, contact Melo at 308-635-6028, 308-635-6151 or via email at giovana.wncc@gmail.com. Camp brochures can also be downloaded off the Cougar Athletic website at sports.wncc.net.